Globale Klimaveränderung

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Climate change: Record tree losses in 2021 in northern regions

Tree cover losses in northern regions of the world were the highest on record in 2021, according to new analysis from Global Forest Watch.

Figures for these boreal forests were up 30% on 2020, with wildfires causing massive losses in Russia. Elsewhere, around ten football pitches per minute of tropical primary forest were lost across the year. Brazil, once again, led the way with a significant uptick in tree loss associated with agricultural expansion. [...] Russia saw its worst fire season since records began in 2001, losing more than 6.5 million hectares.

"It's hugely worrying," said Rod Taylor from the World Resources Institute, part of the team behind the new analysis. [...] Over 40% of this primary forest loss occurred in Brazil, with the non-fire related destruction increasing by 9% overall - researchers say that is normally associated with the expansion of agriculture. In some key states in the western Amazon region, these losses were as high as 25%.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-61248596

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